Duterte places Luzon under state of calamity
PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte declared the entire Luzon under a state of calamity after three successive typhoons battered the country’s largest island. In a taped speech aired on Tuesday night,…
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Palace: Duterte likely to extend national state of calamity
President Rodrigo Duterte is likely to extend the declaration of a state of calamity in the Philippines due to the ongoing pandemic, Malacañang said this week. According to Presidential Spokesperson…
Duterte: PH now under ‘state of calamity’ as COVID-19 cases escalate
President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the Philippines under a state of calamity in an attempt to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). He signed Proclamation 929 on…